The Winston-Salem Journal reports that North Carolina’s fourth-largest county failed to mail notices to the 1,700 or so prospective jurors needed to hear cases this week. After no one showed up for jury duty Monday, Forsyth County officials made a plea through local television station WXII for any volunteers willing to fulfil their civic duty. One judge in the county of 370,000 residents even sent deputies to a mall to seek volunteers, but found no other takers. New notices were sent asking hundreds of prospective jurors to be there Thursday, while other trials were postponed until next week. That happens after a jury clerk determines how many prospective panelists are needed and uses a system to select them at random, Forsyth County Clerk of Court Susan Frye said in an email.

Source: National Post February 28, 2018 19:41 UTC